Saïgon

\saj.ɡɔ̃\

/\saj.ɡɔ̃\/ name

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“Saïgon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,722
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom familier actuel et ancien nom officiel de Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (de 1698 à 1976).

Corpus desk

Index FR-saigon · Saïgon · French

Saïgon · rank #44,722 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,722
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sauber

Nearest frequency peer: sauber (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Saïgon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Saïgon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Saïgon vs sain
33% similar
Saïgon vs Sion
50% similar
Saïgon vs sign
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Saïgon
PropertyValue
HeadwordSaïgon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\saj.ɡɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,722
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Saïgon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Saïgonse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sauber » (#44,721), « Schweitzer » (#44,723), « sarcophages » (#44,720). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Saïgon » est au #44,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Saïgon (IPA \saj.ɡɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,722 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Saïgon, with forms such as "asïgon", "sagïon", and "saïggon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "sain", "Sion", "sign", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Saïgon, spelled S-A-Ï-G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom familier actuel et ancien nom officiel de Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (de 1698 à 1976).
  2. 2
    Rivière du sud du Viêt Nam, qui prend sa source près de Phum Daung (sud-est du Cambodge) et passe par la ville de Hô-Chi-Minh ; affluent du fleuve Donnaï dans la toponymie de l'Indochine française. Dans la toponymie vietnamienne moderne, la confluence de la rivière Saïgon avec la Đồng Nai forme la Nhà Bè, qui de scinde en le Soài Rạp et le Lòng Tàu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Saïgon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La photographie de Burhan Ozbilici est à mettre en perspective avec ces trois autres images iconiques où la photographie a su exprimer au plus près sa proximité avec la mort : mort d’un soldat républicain photographié par Capa à l’instant où il est transpercé d’une balle en 1936, l’exécution d’un insurgé du Front national de libération du Sud Vietnam phot…

Synonyms

Hô-Chi-Minh-VillePrey Nokor

This word in other languages

Saigon(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asïgon
  • sagïon
  • saïggon
  • saïgno
  • saïgonn
  • saïogn
  • ssaïgon
  • sïagon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Saïgon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asïgon2sagïon2saïggon1saïgno2saïgonn1saïogn2ssaïgon1sïagon2
Edit distance from "Saïgon"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Saïgon"?
"Saïgon" is spelled S-A-Ï-G-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \saj.ɡɔ̃\.
What does "Saïgon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Saïgon" means: Nom familier actuel et ancien nom officiel de Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (de 1698 à 1976).
What words are commonly confused with "Saïgon"?
"Saïgon" is commonly confused with "sain", "Sion", "sign". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Saïgon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Saïgon" is \saj.ɡɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Saïgon" come from?
"Saïgon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Saïgon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauber#44,721saloon#44,718rêvons#44,715réélus#44,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

sellier8 variantsshops8 variantsrudesse8 variantsromana8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list